{"id":21942,"date":"2024-12-01T10:50:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=21942"},"modified":"2024-12-01T10:50:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:50:33","slug":"lois-isch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/01\/lois-isch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lois Isch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lois \u201cMarlene\u201d Isch, 86, passed away Thursday afternoon, Nov. 28, 2024, at River Terrace Retirement Community in Bluffton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marlene was born in Monroe, IN. on December 19, 1937, to William J. and Iva E. (Andrews) Isch, both parents preceded her in death. She was a 1955 graduate of Petroleum High School and was a member of the First Church of Christ in Bluffton, where she was active with the Company of Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9137445_fbs.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9137445_fbs.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9137445_fbs.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She worked at the Thoma Furniture Store in Bluffton, Wells County Auditor\u2019s Office and retired in 1974 from Kitco in Bluffton working as a personal assistant secretary. Marlene enjoyed spending time with her family, playing Bridge and Yahtzee. She always had a smile on her face and enjoyed being around people. Marlene, being legally blind, loved to bake bread and rolls, selling them at the local Farmer\u2019s Market in Bluffton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marlene is survived by a brother; Gary (Lynelle) Isch of Battle Ground, Vancouver, Wash., a sister-in-law; Mary Lou Isch of Bluffton, five nieces and nephews; Angela (Tim) Pfister, Gloria Hunt, Jerrad (Caitlyn) Isch, David Isch and Julia Isch Chapman and several great and great grt. nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother; William Isch, a sister; Barbara L. (Isch) Hunt, two nephews; James Isch and Steven Hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitation will be on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, from noon until 3:00 PM, at Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton, followed immediately by a funeral service at 3:00 PM. Rick Oatess will officiate. Burial will follow at Ray Cemetery in Monroe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lois \u201cMarlene\u201d Isch, 86, passed away Thursday afternoon, Nov. 28, 2024, at River Terrace Retirement Community in Bluffton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-21942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21944,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21942\/revisions\/21944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}